For the first time in nearly 40 years, a majority of Americans believe the United States is less important around the world and that it should mind its own business, a stunning rejection of President Obamas foreign policy just four years after he received the Nobel Prize.

A new Pew Research Center poll found that 53 percent of people believe that the U.S. is playing a less important role as a world leader than a decade ago, the highest figure since 1984.

Worse: 70 percent said that the U.S. is respected less than in the past, almost matching the high reached under former President George W. Bush, whose foreign policy Obama pledged to reverse.

That lead sentence is an object lesson in confusion and obfuscation. Degrading America’s global leadership status is precisely his intent. He clearly “telegraphed” this in his 2008 campaign speeches, and since being elected has worked diligently to that end.

This nation cannot be a world leader when it cannot lead it self. Look at the rest of the world and we are falling behind morally and financially. Cannot run a country when you have the social collapse going on. Think about it. We are only as strong as our leadership is. at this time, we are very weak in the eyes of the world.

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posted on 12/03/2013 10:03:53 PM PST
by Busko
(The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)

“That lead sentence is an object lesson in confusion and obfuscation. Degrading Americas global leadership status is precisely his intent. He clearly telegraphed this in his 2008 campaign speeches, and since being elected has worked diligently to that end.”

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